About Us

Staff

Judith Baker: Executive Director
Bill Penn: Assistant Director

Board

Bernie Thurber: President
Portland, Oregon
Elisa Dozono: President-elect
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
Portland, Oregon
Elise Bouneff: Secretary
Columbia Bank
Portland, Oregon
Randy Compton: Treasurer
Pioneer Trust Bank
Salem, Oregon
Valerie Colas: Office of Public Defense Services
Salem, Oregon
Kristen Connor: Heritage Bank
Portland, Oregon
Kamron L. Graham: Portland, Oregon
Oregon Supreme Court Appointee
Ethan Knight: US Attorney’s Office
Portland, Oregon
Brena Lopez: Department of Justice
Salem, Oregon
Traci Ray: Barran Liebman LLP
Portland, Oregon
David Rosen: High Desert Law, LLC
Bend, Oregon
Hon. David Schuman: University of Oregon School of Law
Eugene, Oregon
Laura Shipley: Bank of America
Portland, Oregon
Kathleen Rastetter: Portland, Oregon
OSB Board of Governors Liaison

History

1981

The Oregon Law Foundation was created by the Oregon State Bar to fund law-related charities.

1983

Oregon’s lawyers created a voluntary Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. IOLTA programs began in Australia and Canada in the early 70’s. The concept was simple: the Foundation asked members of the Bar to convert their non-interest bearing, pooled client trust accounts into interest-bearing accounts, with the interest benefiting the Foundation.

1988

The OLF, the Oregon State Bar, and the Oregon Supreme Court worked together to transform the voluntary IOLTA program into a mandatory one. In November 1988, Oregon lawyers voted 2-1 for mandatory IOLTA, and Oregon’s mandatory IOLTA program began May 1, 1989.

2005

Oregon Banks worked with the OLF to create the Leadership Bank program to highlight the generosity of banks that voluntarily pay above-market interest rates on IOLTA.

Contact

Oregon Law Foundation
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd.
PO Box 231935
Tigard, OR 97281-1935 2018

503-431-6373
oregonlawfoundation@osbar.org